CPV - eClass


CPV is an official standard for tenders and procurement in the EU. eClass is a standard for e-commerce. Both standards deal with the desription of commodity classes. And when there is more than 1 "standard" we finally have no standard!

Right now people start to check if CPV can be substituted by eClass.

We take the role of consultants to answer this question.

We first check the approaches in general.
In CPV we have tankers, pianos, satellites in eClass not.
In CPV and in eclass we have uniforms - but the scope is totally different.
In CPV and in eClass we have screws - with similar scopes.

eClass segments
CPV segments

Then we take corrresponding commodity classes of CPV and eClass and analyse the representation of commodities in these classes in both "standards".

We take

CPV
eClass

15
16
Food
16
1708
Agricultural machine
33
34
Medine, medical technology
34
28
Transport equipment, automotive
44,45
22
Construction technology
60
1402
Transport service
72
24.25
IT services

We compare corresponding classes in teams.

We use the internet portals or downloaded material.

CPV

eClass